The Beauty of Trump
"What we get to see with Trump is that capitalism has nowhere to go other than into the darker reaches of itself." From Charles Liburd
Veblen’s out of the box critique of Capitalism
The process of attaching Value to money, wages or financial transactions is normalized under the guise of logic, science, and truth. When, in reality, it’s a barbaric, savage or superstitious thing to do.
The Permanent Vacation
Tourism is not just an industry. It is a worldview, a way of life that amplifies an already alarming affliction of being elsewhere, everywhere and, therefore, nowhere.
Capitalism in the Digital Era of Language Models
It’s easy to subscribe to business gurus and generic finance tips that don’t address the fundamental question of how to achieve an authentic and fulfilling existence in this world.
An Ode to the Game of Poker
The biggest obstacles to women in the poker world are: “having the money to play and the confidence in their ability to win.”
A binary society: Hegel’s dialectic in a capitalist world
While the master position presents debt as liberating — one can invest the money wisely, pay for education, strive to make a living — it is the ultimate mechanism of economic slavery.
Rio's Concentration Camp: the drug scene in the favela Maré
The Crackland in Rio— Portraits of people from the drug scene in the favela Maré.
Brazil's "Dictatorship Deniers": the new guise of capitalist hegemony
We’ve impeached a President, replaced her with a criminal, and now we are run by militia. A severely flawed Democracy has been replaced by a Military Dictatorship that barely bothers to disguise. Where but in a dystopian world is this framed as “Freedom”?
The Cloud Seeders Part Three
‘Recovering our pagan traditions we could learn again to swim in the skies, return with cloud seeds to sow new myths, new rites, to recite and paint the poetry of clouds’ - Lorna Smithers
Economic Egregores: How Belief Drives the Power of Money and What We Can Do About It
"[S]ince it has become increasingly clear that stocks, and even money itself, is entirely based on a perception of value, which is by nature subjective and mutable, the only question becomes how that perception of value is influenced? And who is doing the influencing?”
Against All Oppression
Gods & Radicals supports the right for All to live peacefully, without harm from those in power. There are no ifs and buts nor exceptions to the rule.
The Police Aren't Here For You
The police are an increasingly militarized arm of an increasingly fascist state, hired thugs for capitalist oligarchs, the modern-day version of slave catchers, a terrorist organization. When I came to see this, then abolishing the police didn't seem so crazy anymore.
To Spite The Face: a review of Insurgent Supremacists by Matthew N. Lyons
opposition to fascism is not as easy as completing a Buzzfeed quiz or reading an Everyday Feminism listicle.
The Alchemy of Waste
Lorna Smithers follows her garbage from her bins to its destinations and uncovers how polluting chemical industries are profiting from the alchemy of waste.
Escaping the Otherworld: The Reenchantment of Paganism
The real danger to Paganism is not so much that our religion will be outlawed, but that there will be no reason to outlaw it.
On Reconciliation and Capitalism
The system is such that life outside of it, at least while it exits, is almost impossible.
When is Paganism not Paganism?
What Capitalism tries to hide from the seeker is that Paganism is free.
Violence is "Not Good"
A small percentage of the world is benefiting from Capitalism, while the rest of the world lives in abject poverty. At some point, those people may decide they’ve had enough, and the backlash will be ‘not good.’